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BRIDGE Orchestral Works the Collector’S Edition BRIDGE ORCHESTRAL WORKS The Collector’s Edition Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Howard Shelley piano Philip Langridge tenor BBC National Chorus of Wales Roderick Williams baritone BBC National Orchestra of Wales Alban Gerhardt cello Richard Hickox Greg Barrett Richard Hickox (1948 – 2008) Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) COMPACT DISC ONE 1 Enter Spring, H 174 (1926 – 27) 18:36 Rhapsody Allegro moderato – Tempo giusto – Andante tranquillo – Tempo I – Energico – Andante molto tranquillo 2 Isabella, H 78 (1907) 18:00 Symphonic Poem after Keats Adagio ma non troppo – Allegretto moderato – L’istesso tempo – Allegro vivo – Adagio ma non troppo – Più adagio Two Poems for Orchestra, H 118 (1915) 12:58 after Richard Jefferies 3 I Andante moderato e semplice 8:35 4 II Allegro con brio 4:18 premiere recording 5 Mid of the Night, H 30 (1903) 26:05 Symphonic Poem for Orchestra Andante – Allegro moderato – Poco più vivo – Andante moderato – Allegro moderato – Andante moderato – Più lento TT 75:47 3 COMPACT DISC TWO premiere recording in this version 1 Dance Rhapsody, H 84 (1908) 19:16 for orchestra Allegro energico – Moderato – Allegretto moderato – Tempo di valse – Vivo – Allegro energico Five Entr’actes, H 95 (1910) 12:05 from the play The Two Hunchbacks by Émile Cammaerts (1878 – 1953) for orchestra 2 I Prelude to Act I. Allegretto moderato – Lento 3:20 3 II Intermezzo from Act II. Andantino 1:36 4 III Intermezzo from Act III. Allegretto (marziale) 1:19 5 IV Prelude to Act III. Lento 2:36 6 V Entr’acte between Acts II and III. Moderato 3:04 7 Dance Poem, H 111 (1913) 13:48 for orchestra Tempo di valse – Lento e languido – Tempo di valse – Largamente – Grazioso – Tempo di valse – A tempo, poco lento – Vivo – Presto 4 8 Norse Legend, H 60 (1905 / 1938) 4:48 for small orchestra Andante con moto The Sea, H 100 (1910 – 11) 22:08 Suite for Orchestra 9 1 Seascape. Allegro ben moderato 7:14 10 2 Sea-Foam. Allegro vivo 2:23 11 3 Moonlight. Adagio ma non troppo 5:50 12 4 Storm. Allegro energico – Allegro moderato e largamente 6:33 TT 72:34 COMPACT DISC THREE premiere recording 1 Coronation March, H 97 (1911) 6:49 Tempo di marcia, maestoso – L’istesso tempo ma poco largamente – Allargando – Tempo I 2 Summer, H 116 (1914 – 15) 10:42 Tone Poem for Orchestra Andante ben moderato – A tempo ben moderato e tranquillo – Animato – Tempo I ma poco tranquillo 5 3 Phantasm, H 182 (1931)* 24:21 Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Allegro moderato – Allegretto molto moderato – Lento e tranquillo – Allegro moderato – Andante molto moderato – Allegro moderato – A tempo energico e ritmico – Ben marcato – A tempo giusto – Andante – Allegro 4 There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, H 173 (1927) 11:19 Impression for Small Orchestra Adagio e tranquillo – Poco allegretto – A tempo I – Animato appassionato e rubato – Tempo I ma poco più largamente e sostenuto – Lamentoso – Più tranquillo Vignettes de danse, H 166 (1938) 11:21 for Small Orchestra 5 I Nicolette. Andante moderato – Allegretto moderato – Andante – Allegretto – A tempo poco animato – Moderato – Lento 3:13 6 II Zoraida. Allegretto molto moderato 3:40 7 III Carmelita. Con brio – Grazioso – A tempo con brio 4:19 6 premiere recording in this version 8 Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance), H 155 (1922) 4:41 for Large Orchestra Allegro con spirito – Tempo risoluto e più animato TT 69:51 COMPACT DISC FOUR premiere recording on CD 1 Rebus, H 191 (1940) 10:44 Overture for Orchestra Allegro deciso – Poco moderato – Tempo giusto – Ben ritmico – Tempo I – Moderato – Largamente – Moderato – Poco moderato – Allegro vivo 2 Oration (Concerto elegiaco), H 180 (1929 – 30)† 29:17 for Solo Cello and Orchestra Poco lento – Lento e ritmico – Allegro – Ben moderato (poco lento) – Poco lento – Allegro giusto – Tranquillo – Ben moderato, mesto e tranquillo – Cadenza – Allegro – Lento – Epilogue. Andante tranquillo 3 Allegro moderato, H 192 (1940 – 41) 13:24 Fragment of a symphony for string orchestra Edited by Anthony Pople Allegro moderato – Animato e deciso – Moderato – Poco largamente – Tranquillo – [Animato e deciso] – Allegro deciso – Meno mosso 7 4 Lament, H 117 (1915) 5:19 for String Orchestra Catherine, aged 9, ‘Lusitania’ 1915 Adagio, con molto espressione – Poco più adagio 5 A Prayer, H 140 (1916 – 18)‡ 17:55 for Chorus and Orchestra Andante moderato – Allegro moderato – Poco allargando – Più lento e largamente – A tempo moderato – Poco animato – Tempo I – Tranquillo – A tempo I – Tempo I ma tranquillo TT 77:01 COMPACT DISC FIVE Suite for Strings, H 93 (1909 – 10) 21:03 1 I Prelude. Moderato – Un pochettino maestoso – Allegro ma non troppo – Tempo I, tranquillo – Meno mosso e tranquillo 7:33 2 II Intermezzo. Allegretto grazioso 3:27 3 III Nocturne. Adagio molto – Un pochettino animato – Tempo I 6:09 4 IV Finale. Allegro vivo – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I 3:45 8 premiere recording 5 The Hag, H 14 (1902)§ 2:25 Song for Baritone and Orchestra Allegro molto premiere recording Two Songs of Robert Bridges, H 65 (1905 – 06)§ 6:32 for Baritone and Orchestra 6 1 I praise the tender flower, H 65a. Andante moderato – Pochettino più mosso – Tempo I 3:13 7 2 Thou didst delight my eyes, H 65b. Allegro appassionato – Moderato 3:16 Two Intermezzi from ‘Threads’, H 151 (1921 / 1938) 8:33 8 I Andante molto moderato e tranquillo 3:53 9 II Tempo di valse – Animato 4:38 Two Old English Songs, H 119 (1916) 7:30 Arranged for String Orchestra 10 Sally in Our Alley. Andante con moto – Poco tranquillo – Tempo I 4:19 11 Cherry Ripe. Allegretto con moto 3:11 9 Two Entr’actes (1906, 1926) 6:38 12 I Rosemary, H 68b. Andante espressivo e molto rubato – Allegro – Tempo I ma poco più tranquillo 3:54 13 II Canzonetta, H 169. Allegretto molto moderato e rubato – Allegro con moto – Tempo I 2:42 14 Valse Intermezzo à cordes, H 17 (1902) 6:49 No. 2 from Four Pieces for String Orchestra assembled and arranged by Paul Hindmarsh Moderato – Valse lente – Coda premiere recording 15 Todessehnsucht, H 181 (1932 / 1936) 3:53 Arrangement for string orchestra of Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478, from Schemelli’s Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Lento e sostenuto – Poco più andante ma sostenuto – Largamente 16 Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance), H 155 (1922 / 1939) 4:24 for Strings Allegro con spirito – Tempo risoluto TT 68:17 10 COMPACT DISC SIX premiere recording 1 Blow out, you bugles, H 132 (1918)# 5:37 for tenor and orchestra Allegro moderato e risoluto – Lento – Andante moderato – Andante ben moderato – Andante moderato – Recit[ando] – Andante ben moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Largamente – Maestoso premiere recording 2 Adoration, H 57 (1905 / 1918)# 2:55 for tenor and orchestra Molto adagio – Adagio ma non troppo – Poco a poco animato – A tempo, largamente premiere recording 3 Where she lies asleep, H 113 (1914)# 3:01 for tenor and orchestra Andante ben moderato premiere recording 4 Love went a-riding, H 114 (1914)# 1:40 for tenor and orchestra Allegro 11 premiere recording 5 Thy hand in mine, H 124 (1917 / 1923)# 2:10 for tenor and orchestra Andante moderato premiere recording 6 Berceuse, H 9 (1901)¶ 5:06 for soprano and orchestra Andante con moto – Poco più mosso – Tempo I premiere recording 7 Mantle of blue, H 131 (1918 / 1934)¶ 2:47 for high voice and orchestra Andante ben moderato – Tranquillo – A tempo 8 Day after day, H 164i (1922)¶ 4:55 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Lento ma non troppo – Andante moderato – Poco animato – A tempo moderato – A tempo con moto ma tranquillo – Poco animato – A tempo moderato – Molto sostenuto 9 Speak to me, my love!, H 164ii (1924)¶ 5:56 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Andante moderato – Poco a poco animato – Tempo I, ma calmato – Allegro con moto – Tempo I, ma tranquillo – Poco a poco con anima – Allegro animato – Moderato – A tempo tranquillo 12 10 Berceuse, H 8 (1901 / 1902 / 1928) 3:23 Andante con moto – Poco più mosso – Tempo I premiere recording 11 Chant d’espérance, H 18ii (1902) 3:40 No. 2 from Trois Morceaux d’orchestre Allegro moderato – Presto 12 Serenade, H 23 (1903) 2:51 Allegro grazioso – Meno mosso – Più animato – Meno mosso – Tempo I – Presto premiere recording The Pageant of London, H 98 (1911) 15:08 Suite for wind orchestra 13 I Solemn March ‘Richard III leaving London’. Tempo di marcia ma maestoso 4:41 II First Discoveries 14 1. Introduction. Moderato 2:01 15 2. Pavane. Moderato 1:49 16 3. La Romanesca [a Galliard]. Allegretto 1:04 17 III March ‘Henry VIII entering London’. Allegro marziale 5:33 13 premiere recording 18 A Royal Night of Variety, H 184 (1934) 1:27 Epilogue for orchestra Allegro moderato – Tranquillo – Moderato TT 61:14 Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano¶ Philip Langridge tenor# Roderick Williams baritone§ Alban Gerhardt cello† Howard Shelley piano* BBC National Chorus of Wales‡ Adrian Partington chorus master BBC National Orchestra of Wales Nicholas Whiting (CD 1) • Janice Graham (CD 2, CD 3) • Lucy Gould (CD 4) James Clark (CD 5) • Lesley Hatfield (CD 6) leaders Richard Hickox 14 Bridge: Complete Orchestral Works Volume 1 Comes the mid of the night, ends for a while Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) made his name the brooding, in Edwardian England as a chamber musician Up from the depths of the soul memories well and composer. He was admired for his songs into life. and piano miniatures, and for his tuneful Emblazened [sic] against the night more and chamber music which was described by his more real they are growing; pupil Benjamin Britten as being ‘easy on the Comes the approach of dawn and they die in ear and grateful to play’.
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